Each of our Place Integrated Health and Care Partnerships have put together a local Plan that explains what they will be prioritising to achieve the vision and ambitions set out in the South Yorkshire Integrated Care Strategy and NHS Joint Forward Plan for South Yorkshire and what matters to their communities. Each of the plans will address they key issues which our communities told us matter most. These were:

  • Accessibility: Being able to access care services in a timely and convenient way was the most commonly mentioned concern because it affects the quality of a patient’s experience. This was felt particularly strongly in terms of demand for accessing GP services. Removing barriers to accessing information, support and services were mentioned by all.
  • Affordability: The costs of transport, parking, medication, treatments, as well as being able to live more healthily, were also mentioned universally. The cost of living challenge provides the context to these responses.
  • Agency: Many people want to be in control of their own care and want better access to the information, tools and capacity to manage this.

Rotherham’s Integrated Health and Social Care Place Plan 2023-25

Across South Yorkshire we want everyone to live happy and healthier lives for longer. Rotherham’s Health and Social Care Community has been working in a collaborative way for many years to transform the way it cares for and achieves a positive change for Rotherham people.  The 2023-25 Place Plan is the fourth edition, building on the previous editions it sets out our ambitions and the scale of transformation necessary to realise our aim to deliver the best for Rotherham. The Place Plan closely aligns to the Rotherham Health and Wellbeing Strategy and the South Yorkshire Joint Forward Plan.

The H&WB Strategy for Rotherham sets the strategic vision for health and social care and improving health and wellbeing outcomes for local people. These are:

  • All children get the best start in life and go on to achieve their potential
  • All Rotherham people enjoy the best possible mental health and wellbeing and have a good quality of life
  • All Rotherham people live well for longer
  • All Rotherham people live in healthy, safe, and resilient communities

Read the full plan here.

Read the summary plan here: